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Spanish giant Real Madrid continues their dominance in all competitions this season. Spanish Super Cup is the latest addition to Real Madrid’s trophy cabinet as they humiliated their arch-rival FC Barcelona in the final of this tournament.
The first El Clasico of the year took place last night in a neutral venue in Saudi Arabia as Real Madrid and Barcelona faced off against each other in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid, however, gave no chance to the Catalans and smashed them with a 4-1 margin. Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior scored a brilliant first-half hattrick against Barcelona, leading them to win the first trophy of the year.
Match Report
Since El Clasico is a matter of pride for Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two managers deployed their best possible XI in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti played his team in a 4-3-1-2 formation, while Barca boss Xavi Hernandez set up the team formation with a 4-2-3-1.
However, the game was at its best as both sides displayed a very attacking football from the start of the match. But it was Real Madrid who found the net first at Al-Awwal Stadium, Saudi. Brazil international Vinicius Junior scored a fantastic goal in just seven minutes of the game, giving a crucial lead to Real Madrid.
Vinicius was on fire against Barcelona last night and was unstoppable. He beat Ronald Araujo, who marked Vini since the start, several times and found the net within three minutes. This time, Vinicius scored with the help of his native, Rodrygo, in the 10th minute.
After that, FC Barcelona tried hard to get back into the game, and Robert Lewandowski gave a lifeline! The striker broke the deadlock for Barcelona when he netted the ball with a powerful volley in the 33rd minute. It seemed Barcelona could fight back, but Vinicius didn’t let it happen.
He earned a penalty kick as Ronald Araujo made a tackle inside the box in the 38th minute. However, Vini stepped forward to take the spot kick and made no mistake! As a result, the Brazil international completed his hat trick against FC Barcelona in just 40 minutes.
Coming back from the break, FC Barcelona tried so hard to score, but Real Madrid’s defense was rock solid and didn’t concede in the remaining minutes. Moreover, the Los Blancos got their 4th goal when Rodrygo scored in the 64th minute. Both teams, after that, couldn’t score more, resulting in Real Madrid winning the final of the Spanish Super Cup.
Carlo Ancelotti on winning the final
Carlo Ancelotti, the manager of Real Madrid, shared his thoughts on winning the Spanish Super Cup. He praised his attackers and said, “We’re very dangerous because there is mobility up front and we don’t have fixed attackers. This means that our opponents can’t mark us. That’s because Vinicius , Bellingham and Rodrygo are mobile. They also have help from the full- backs and that creates a lot of problems for the opposition. It was a convincing result. We scored two goals very early on and the game was wide open until it was 4-1. We played more on the counter-attack and they controlled the ball. If we thought it was going to be an easy game, we were wrong.”
